The Faces of Intellectual Disability Philosophical Reflections

In a challenge to current thinking about cognitive impairment, this book explores what it means to treat people with intellectual disabilities in an ethical manner. Reassessing philosophical views of intellectual disability, Licia Carlson shows how we can affirm the dignity and worth of intellectual...

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Main Authors Carlson, Licia, Diedrich, Lisa
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bloomington Indiana University Press 2010
Edition1
Subjects
Ethics
Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Mental retardation
People with mental disabilities
PHILOSOPHY
Social aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents Acknowledgments A Note on Terminology Introduction: The Philosopher’s Nightmare Part One The Institutional World of Intellectual Disability 1 Twin Brothers: The “Idiot” and the Institution 2 Gendered Objects, Gendered Subjects 3 Analytic Interlude Part Two The Philosophical World of Intellectual Disability 4 The Face of Authority 5 The Face of the Beast 6 The Face of Suffering Conclusion: The Face of the Mirror Notes Selected Bibliography Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Terminology -- Introduction: The Philosopher's Nightmare -- Part One . The Institutional World of Intellectual Disability -- 1 Twin Brothers: The "Idiot" and the Institution -- 2 Gendered Objects, Gendered Subjects -- 3 Analytic Interlude -- Part Two . The Philosophical World of Intellectual Disability -- 4 The Face of Authority -- 5 The Face of the Beast -- 6 The Face of Suffering -- Conclusion: The Face of the Mirror -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index